From: Matt Fleming <matt-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
To: Felix Braun <Felix.Braun-Qbh6zKbeHLYtq+zhY6Lx4A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
Ben Hutchings <ben-/+tVBieCtBitmTQ+vhA3Yw@public.gmane.org>,
Matthew Garrett <mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: Unable to set efi boot variables on 3.10-rc3
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 10:43:25 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130529094325.GA2004@console-pimps.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1369766432.2827.13.camel@eressea>
On Tue, 28 May, at 08:40:32PM, Felix Braun wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm unable to set efi boot variables using efibootmgr 0.6.0 using
> kernels 3.9.x (x=0..4) and 3.10-rc3 on an ASUS E45M1-M PRO Board using
> the most current firmware (1202). Things worked fine with kernels 3.7.x
> (x=4..10). I have not been able to boot 3.8 for unrelated reasons.
>
> When I try to write something to the efi boot variables, I get an kernel
> error
>
> # efibootmgr
> BootCurrent: 0000
> Timeout: 1 seconds
> BootOrder: 0000,0002,0003
> Boot0000* Linux
> Boot0002* Hard Drive
> Boot0003* CD/DVD Drive
> # efibootmgr -n2
> # tail /var/log/messages
> [Firmware Bug]: Broken EFI implementation is returning
> MaxVariableSize=0
Yeah, this is a common bug on ASUS machines. The 'max' argument to
QueryVariableInfo() isn't filled out correctly.
It sounds like your machine isn't initiating garbage collection. Try
adding the efi_no_storage_paranoia kernel parameter to your kernel
cmdline.
> On boot up, I get a number of the following error messages:
>
> e820: too many entries; ignoring [mem 0x01d8a000-0x01d8ffff]
> e820: too many entries; ignoring [mem 0x01d90000-0x01d91fff]
> ...
>
> is that maybe related?
I doubt that's related but it's certainly not good. Could you paste your
full dmesg? What boot loader are you using?
--
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-28 18:40 Unable to set efi boot variables on 3.10-rc3 Felix Braun
2013-05-29 9:43 ` Matt Fleming [this message]
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2013-05-30 10:22 ` Felix Braun
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